Group Managing Director, Teledom Group, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem has called for the establishment of a national grand’s Security Network Operating Centres (SNOC) countrywide, beginning with emphasis on locating such at the local government headquarters.
The establishment of these SNOC with integrated downstream
master, mini and micro versions, he said would ensure national security
surveillance, monitoring, tracking, isolation and arrest of criminals.
Dr. Ekuwem who made this calls recently at the West Africa
ICT Congress dwelt on the ‘Use of Information and Communications Technology
(ICT) for National Homeland Security Operations,’ noted that core things to
realize when it comes to security is the people, the country in question, lives
and property, peace and order.
The aforementioned, he said, would be incomplete without
enabling law to prosecute crimes or criminals, therefore, a vibrate law
enforcement agencies are needed which must consider privacy, fundamental human
rights of the citizenry.
Security, he outlined could be subdivided into physical,
economic, cyber, and spiritual to name a few, which has the potentials of
encouraging investments both locally and from foreign counterparts, thereby
raising the economic activities and productivity of a given nation.
With economic growth and development, he pointed out, jobs
and wealth would be created for the population, which conversely increases the
Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and draws the dream of realizing the Vision
20-2020 nearer to the populace.
“In one word security underpins any development be it
economic, political or social,” he declared.
Additionally, Ekuwem said that by establishing a
comprehensive and integrated cargo, container, truck, tanker and vehicle
scanning system with local and remote monitoring, data storage and
date-and-time specific playback, will boost the economic development of the
country.
“Addressing the root causes of insecurity; corruption,
poverty, poor quality of education, joblessness and ostentatious lifestyles of
public office holders and economic elite,” he said.
Ekuwem reiterated the calls for the establishment of a
national Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) to manage and protect the
country’s cyberspace.
He pointed out that by integration of the resultant cargo
and vehicle scanning system, video-audio surveillance system, CERT and Global
Positioning System (GPS)-based will aid the location and movements of law
enforcement teams.
According to him, with adequate security infrastructure on
ground like the establishment of SNOC, ‘who’s who is uniquely identified.’
Emphasising that its possible to track from cradle to grave
the lawful or/and criminal routes of every Nigerian, just as any data on
specific individual could still be assembled from scattered or distributed
sources.
“Every human activity leaves a trace,” he asserted, adding
that by assembling traces aids the establishment of integrity of citizens.
Identity authentication and verification, he said, must be
made in a way that identity are non-repudiation, thus unique biometrics which
involves finger print, Iris, facial recognition whereas the name may not be
unique.
“Each human eye iris is unique,” he said, noting that state,
local government area, ward, village of origin or of domicile could be used in
the classification alongside the geopolitical zone, namely the south-south,
south east, south west, north west, north central and north east as well as
birth date, and age to name a few must be encompassed to ensure a complete
verification of identities.
Remmy Nweke
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